Center Ossipee, New Hampshire
census-designated place in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Center Ossipee is a census-designated place in the town of Ossipee in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 526 at the 2020 census. It is one of the two main villages in the town, the other being Ossipee Corner (shown simply as "Ossipee" on topographic maps). Center Ossipee has a separate ZIP code (03814) from other portions of the town of Ossipee.
Geography
The CDP is in the east-central part of the town of Ossipee, on high ground north of the Dan Hole River and southwest of Ossipee Lake. New Hampshire Route 16 and Route 25 bypass the village to the east. Route 16 leads south 6 miles (10 km) to Ossipee village and 36 miles (58 km) to Rochester; to the north it leads six miles to West Ossipee and 27 miles (43 km) to North Conway. Route 25 runs northward from the CDP, concurrently with Route 16 but turns west to Meredith, 28 miles (45 km) from Center Ossipee. To the east Route 25 leads 53 miles (85 km) to Portland, Maine.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Center Ossipee CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all of it recorded as land.
The public source identifies “Center Ossipee, New Hampshire” as census-designated place in Carroll County, New Hampshire. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Center, Ossipee and Hampshire.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4163779. VIAF identifies the subject as 142016009. The Library of Congress control number is n89120996. Authority coordinates are 43.755, -71.154. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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